Great stuff ... much I had seen before when learning about rail for the fight to keep the rail line in Newcastle, NSW, and much new. I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
Hm-mmm... or maybe drop the mixed systems after 'basic' systems order. What about this division:
Regarding Sydney CityRail, I'd vote for rapid transit, if for no better reason than that AFAIK there is no subway network it could relate to as express metro -- but indeed it's difficult to get clever of the terminology... *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
So while its mostly at ground level with the occasional dive or overpass, it is only the interurban and country trains terminating at Central that avoid going underground altogether. I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
The Metro is to be extended. We have new trams. The taxis are (almost) all computerized and are mostly equipped with navigation systems. We have some buses running on natural gas. The trains run on time, and in Helsinki you can pay for all sorts of transport with your mobile. Good grief, you can even pay for that wash for your evil car with your mobile. You can't be me, I'm taken
I honestly think that you have 4-8 diaries here.
And overview diary, plus followups explaining 1-2 of the seven layers in detail.
Madrid has a pretty good example of layered transportation.
I took a bus from Pamplona to Madrid to see a friend. It really sort of freaked me out when the bus started going down this ramp in the middle of the street, and then we go through through this catacomb of cercanias (regional trains), metro, and outright bus station. So I end my bus trip at the Avenida de America bus station, something like 20 meters underground. It was like nothing I had ever seen before.
Trains, subways, and buses all coming in to this station at different levels.
I have to say that I was far more fond of Barcelona than Madrid. In Madrid I could never tell where the hell I was. My friend showed me around. One moment, we're in Sol, down to the metro, Atocha, down to the metro, Nuevos Ministerios.
And Madrid just seemed to lack the organic feeling of a city that Barcelona has. The architecture felt like something out of the Planet of the Apes. And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg
The M-set, or "Millenium train" .. often called Millenium bug online, in honor of early teething problems.
C-class Melbourne Tram: I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
